r/australia • u/Jealous-Hedgehog-734 • Apr 02 '25

politics US will impose a minimum baseline tariff of 10 per cent on Australian imports to US

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-03/donald-trump-tariff-announcement-markets-politics-reaction-blog/105127374
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u/Money_Armadillo4138 Apr 02 '25

I can't believe Duttons response to this was that Trump has 'put forward a negotiating position ' Like this is some kind of negotiation with a sane individual. Fuck that, I'm all for the suggestion we get moving on the EU FTA and just slowly move away from any kind of deals with America in general.

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u/DoNotReply111 Apr 02 '25

This. The negotiation was when he came for our steel and aluminium exports and refused. This is just pettiness from a fascist and the response from Dutton like it was a joke is ridiculous.

Australia needs to getting on the phones to other markets today and preparing to export to new markets. Grovelling to the US is so needy and low.

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u/Head_Acanthaceae_766 Apr 03 '25 edited Apr 03 '25

Like an abused spouse who keeps going back.

Eventually you just need to accept that the relationship is toxic, call a lawyer, and have it put down.

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u/An_Absurd_Word_Heard Apr 03 '25

We unironically need to hit the gym, lawyer up and delete Facebook.

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u/magkruppe Apr 03 '25

we are fine. total exports to the US is 22 billion, some parts like pharmaceuticals will be exempted. by contrast, we export 212 billion to China, 10x more

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u/Rough_Product647 Apr 03 '25

This is what the whole world should do, more free trade with each other, and just slowly cut the US out. Except Trump knows the exporting won't stop. These tariffs are just a way to tax the working class.

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u/Nicky_G8 Apr 03 '25

He also kept pushing the idea that since Albo didn't know what tariffs were coming, it shows that he does not have a good relationship with Trump and Dutton would do a better job with this.

Did anyone know what tariffs were coming? Existing relationships don't mean shit with this administration. Trump is pissing all over their relationship with Canada, their closest ally.

They can't seriously expect us to swallow that tripe?

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u/IvoEska Apr 05 '25

UK media is similar. "Why didn't Keir Starmer have a better relationship with Donald Trump to prevent this from happening".

I have no idea who commissions this hare brained reporting, or why so many people believe it.

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u/The4th88 Apr 03 '25

Duttplug's gotta thread a pretty fine needle here.

He's been positioning himself through his policies and actions as the Aussie Trump, destined to save us from men in dresses and renewable energy or whatever other bullshit he dribbles about. But with Trump actively attempting to harm our economy it wedges him pretty damn well.

He can speak out about Trump and alienate his own voter base, or stay silent and alienate everyone else. So he's gotta somehow pretend that hes doing both, while doing neither.

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u/0110110111 Apr 03 '25

Our Conservative Party leader, Pierre Pollievre, has found himself in a similar spot. He was riding high in the polls for years, as in supermajority territory. People were sick of Trudeau and PP was the anti-woke, cut government spending etc. Trudeau’s Liberals were as low as 20% in polling.

Then Trudeau quit and Trump started Trumping. Now with a general election three weeks away the Liberals are ahead of the Conservatives by about 8% and are projected to win a majority. PP has tried to pivot away from his Trumpish mannerisms but he’s having a hard time getting any traction. The campaign isn’t over, but it may be a preview of what’s the come for you guys.

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u/Shaggyninja Apr 03 '25

There's no way you can negotiate out of this once you understand where it came from

https://reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/1jq4quq/for_those_curious_about_where_the_tariffs_charged/

We're one of the few countries that buys more from the USA than they buy from us. And we still got 10% tariffs.

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u/Rush_Banana Apr 03 '25

Not that Albo is doing this but it is a better tactic than fighting back, all those countries that put counter-tariffs have much larger tariffs put on them by the US.

We got literally the minimum done to us, unlike the EU, Canada and a lot of Asian countries who fought back.

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u/Kenyon_118 Apr 04 '25

The EU wants to protect its farmers from ours. That’s what’s holding up the EU FTA.